Example sentences of "it [vb mod] not [be] [prep] " in BNC.

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1 Otherwise , whether we eventually accept or reject any particular religious belief , it may not be on the basis of understanding but of mis-understanding that we choose .
2 In the North and West it may not be worth while sowing a catch crop after a late harvest , particularly if the ground is wet .
3 If you succeed in finding another job , or already have one lined up at the time that you go , it may not be worth suing your employer because the losses for which you could claim reimbursement may be minimal .
4 And since many credit card issuers have introduced an annual charge of around £8 to £12 , it may not be worth getting a credit card just to take on holiday , although there are additional benefits such as travel insurance if you use the card to buy your ticket .
5 If there are small administrative costs of changing prices ( so-called ‘ menu costs ’ ) , it may not be worth the firm changing its price as the adjustment costs may dominate the small gain in profitability .
6 But if you are close to these ages and not currently contracted out it may not be worth changing your status .
7 ‘ Go on , Wilson , though it may not be of any use . ’
8 On some occasions it may not be of great importance to the patient 's health whether he is treated at that time or perhaps at all .
9 It may not be of safety but it maybe er not the sort of thing that we want .
10 It may not be for a person 's death or betrayal that we are grieving .
11 It may not be to women 's advantage , but it is there , and it acknowledges the power , albeit negative , of women 's cycles of fertility .
12 If it does come , say the Swiss , it may not be until the second week in January .
13 Incredibly , it may not be until several hours later that mum follows her baby inside !
14 It may not be from West Yorkshire but it 's very likely that it will be .
15 A huge problem , though , from the conversationists ' point of view , is that it may not be in the interests of fishermen or whalers or hunters of ivory — or at least not in their financial interests — to achieve maximum sustainable yield .
16 However , and this could easily be the case in the larger surveying organisation , it may not be in the interests of either effective management or particular individuals to maintain this full-scale participation of all members .
17 In the early stages , however , it may not be in the plaintiff 's interests to disclose too much .
18 It may not be in the tenant 's best interests to make objections or representations and an amendment in this regard is suggested below .
19 6.4 Non-competition It may not be in the best interests of the landlord or the tenant for there to be several units within a shopping centre being entitled to sell the same goods or services .
20 As mentioned under clause 5.9 it may not be in the original tenant 's best interests for a subsequent guarantor to be able to limit its liability in this manner and therefore if the original guarantor negotiates such a limitation , a specific reference to it should be made in the guarantor 's covenants with care being taken that it is not a general limitation applicable to subsequent guarantors .
21 Mm it it may it may not be in that nature because the nature of of supply teaching work of course is that
22 He says that it should n't be to difficult , just time consuming .
23 It should n't be beyond Britain 's most brilliant stylist , who hand-picked Palacio from the WBO 's top ten .
24 The police say it should n't be on sale .
25 It should n't be like that .
26 Well it should n't be like that !
27 No , he 's not sure , he do n't think it is that h he 's he 's gon na cut the gas , he said it 's not right the er central heating pumps are well hot , he said it should n't be like that so he to there 's a little box up there he thinks it 's probably this box but he 's he 's trying to figure out what it is up there because he 's he 's just such amazed at price of pieces
28 But it should n't be after all that time .
29 it should n't be after , what , seven years ?
30 No cos they have n't done this one because it should n't be in here !
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